What is CVE-2018-16493?

CVE-2018-16493 is a high-severity vulnerability in HackerOne Static-Resource-Server, classified under CWE-548. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-16493?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in HackerOne Static-Resource-Server

CVE-2018-16493

A path traversal vulnerability was found in module static-resource-server 1.7.2 that allows unauthorized read access to any file on the server by appending slashes in the URL.

Published 2019-02-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 77.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

HackerOne Static-Resource-Server — versions 1.7.2
Static-Resource-Server Project — versions 1.7.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

hackerone.com/reports/432600 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16493?: CVE-2018-16493 is a high-severity vulnerability in HackerOne Static-Resource-Server, classified under CWE-548. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-16493?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.